Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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AC 4363
SHOR 50
LIBRARY
ABRIDGED REPORT
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH
IN THE COUNTRY OF LONDON
FOR THE YEAR 1945
BY
E. H. R. SMITHARD, M.D., D.P.H., Medical Office of Health.
AVERAGED TABULATED STATISTICS IN FIVE YEAR PERIODS
Years | Population | Density per acre | Persons per hereditament | Births | Birthrate (per 1,000 pop.) | Deaths | Death rate (per 1,000 pop.) | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | T.B. notification rate (all forms) (per 1,000 pop.) | T.B. death rate (all forms) (perl,000 pop.) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1893-1897 | 121,749 | 188 | - | 4,266 | 35.0 | 2,744 | 22.5 | 185 | - | 2.9 |
1898-1902 | 118,835 | 185 | - | 4,029 | 33.8 | 2,646 | 22.3 | 196 | _ | 2.8 |
1903-1907 | 115,549 | 180 | - | 3,810 | 32.1 | 2,324 | 20.1 | 170 | — | 3.0 |
1908-1912 | 112,305 | 167 | - | 3,594 | 32.0 | 2,070 | 18.5 | 144 | _ | 2.4 |
1913-1917 | 101,341 | 156 | - | 3,032 | 29.9 | 2,002 | 19.8 | 145 | 6.3 | 7.9 |
1918-1922 | 98,913 | 153 | - | 2,727 | 27.6 | 1, 667 | 16.9 | 1 i J 117 | 3.8 | 2.0 |
1923-1927 | 105,640 | 164 | - | 2,538 | 24.0 | 1,372 | 13.0 | 79 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
1928-1932 | 98,336 | 149 | - | 1,888 | 19.2 | 1,318 | 13.4 | 76 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
1933-1937 | 88,044 | 133 | 6.6 | 1,347 | 15.3 | 1,104 | 12.5 | 68 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
1938-1942 | 57,198 | 86 | 4.7 | 897 | 15.7 | 933 | 16.5 | 52 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
1941 | 36,360 | 55 | 3. 6 | 634 | 17.4 | 879 | 24.2 | 63 | 3. 0 | 2.2 |
1942 | 34,900 | 53 | 3.6 | 642 | 18.4 | 611 | 17.5 | 51 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
1943 | 35,460 | 54 | 3.7 | 671 | 18 .9 | 566 | 15 .7 | 46 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
1944 | 35,390 | 53 | 3.8 | 663 | 18 .7 | 584 | 16.5 | 36 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
1945 | 36,760 | 56 | 4.0 | 697 | 18.9 | 603 | 16.4 | 39 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
*T.S. 8/46 150 |